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what more you can tell us about what happened in benghazi? >> reporter: first what's happening here, a much calmer situation today. lots of security force, protecting the embassy compound. just a few dozen protesters here today. what we know is that the white house has confirmed that the u.s. ambassador was at the benghazi consulate, killed when that consulate came under attack along with three other americans. those americans have not yet been identified. andrea mitchell says at lease one of them was another diplomat. the other two identities have not been released pending next of kin notification. all of this began after a video which we've talked about, ap sb apenter an internet movie that perhaps no one would ever have noticed except an egyptian cleric noticed it, me ade it a rallying cry, and then there was a rumor mill that began when reports cairo that this was a big hollywood movie that was going to be broadcast nationwide on the anniversary of 9/11. so people were told this movie which almost no one here has seen was offensive and is
what more you can tell us about what happened in benghazi? >> reporter: first what's happening here, a much calmer situation today. lots of security force, protecting the embassy compound. just a few dozen protesters here today. what we know is that the white house has confirmed that the u.s. ambassador was at the benghazi consulate, killed when that consulate came under attack along with three other americans. those americans have not yet been identified. andrea mitchell says at lease...
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they have a safe house in benghazi. cia safe house, but apparently the location of it and the fact that is there is unknown to large elements of the existing diplomatics community in libya at the time. unknown. it's known to very few people. and it's quite removed from the consulate. so that's one thing. the other thing that you hear from people in washington, and this has nothing to do with susan rice's credentials or the attack on her by senators graham and mccain, why was she put out there on these sunday shows? why was it susan rice, the united nations ambassador who had very little to do eye were the event herself, other than reading the reports about it, why was she there? >> for that exact reason. >> it was during the course of a presidential campaign. so put the u.n. ambassador out there because, you know -- >> yeah. >> -- you know, she will not get caught up in the campaign. they won't go after her in the campaign. >> and we also based on the press conference yesterday, if the president were going to go ahead a
they have a safe house in benghazi. cia safe house, but apparently the location of it and the fact that is there is unknown to large elements of the existing diplomatics community in libya at the time. unknown. it's known to very few people. and it's quite removed from the consulate. so that's one thing. the other thing that you hear from people in washington, and this has nothing to do with susan rice's credentials or the attack on her by senators graham and mccain, why was she put out there...
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the consulate in benghazi was a temporary facility. it had security, some standoff, but it was pretty limited. it's not a place where you could fight off an attacking army, and that's what they were facing. they had people with firing rpgs into the compound. in egypt, talking to embassy people last night on the phone, you had protesters climbing the walls that surround the embassy. they were screaming to the egyptian police, do something. get these people out of here. and the police are saying well, it's very dangerous. we're not sure this is the right time. finally, thank goodness, the egyptian police did crack down. but these places are vulnerable. the people who serve in them deserve our great respect and thanks for being in sometimes free fire zones representing the united states. >> let me ask you, against the backdrop of all of this, you have the president not meeting with bebe netanyahu which, of course, causes great concern in israel and also, of course, makes one wonder whether -- whether israelis are preparing to possibly lau
the consulate in benghazi was a temporary facility. it had security, some standoff, but it was pretty limited. it's not a place where you could fight off an attacking army, and that's what they were facing. they had people with firing rpgs into the compound. in egypt, talking to embassy people last night on the phone, you had protesters climbing the walls that surround the embassy. they were screaming to the egyptian police, do something. get these people out of here. and the police are saying...
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five separate incidents in benghazi against the british ambassador, against our own consulate in the months leading up to this. the state department was told about this. there's been plenty of testimony about that. so why did they leave our diplomats there, not better protected? why did they not shut it down? or beef it up and send in the military? those are questions that i think also have to be asked. and where are we at risk elsewhere in the world? senator, i would encourage you to jump in here and tell me because you know a whole lot more about this. >> and senator, could i just add to what andrea is asking because it's critical, the security inaina inadequacy we know about now for our ambassador to be in benghazi on 9/11? >> it's pretty easy to look back now and say sure, he shouldn't have been there. the fact is that he -- the cia, number one, let me clear up a myth -- the cia does not provide any security. a lot of the american public, i think, thinks that's the case. security here was actually provided by the libyans, and that's normal. the host country provides security for
five separate incidents in benghazi against the british ambassador, against our own consulate in the months leading up to this. the state department was told about this. there's been plenty of testimony about that. so why did they leave our diplomats there, not better protected? why did they not shut it down? or beef it up and send in the military? those are questions that i think also have to be asked. and where are we at risk elsewhere in the world? senator, i would encourage you to jump in...
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consulate in benghazi which he independently investigated. by the way, we'll be handing out those license plates at the end of the broadcast. >> you could partner next to the ballpark. >> the honorary consul. >> ain't nothing better than invioability. >> this is something you can get on demand like watching "homeland." you were shaking your head, though. >> i must admit, i am mesmerized by this. this is a week where we're supposed to be all talking about the fiscal cliff, the deficit, but the reality is talking about the fiscal cliff and tax reform is a bit like eating spinach. you know it's good for you. you know you ought to do it. it's actually quite hard work. whereas now we're given the equivalent of sort of nonstop ice cream sundaes in the media world. it's fascinating and it's a lot of fun to watch but also very tragic in many ways. >> yeah, tragic is an understatement. there is a war going on in afghanistan. people's lives are still in peril. american lives as well as obviously afghan lives. and this is what we're talking about. the p
consulate in benghazi which he independently investigated. by the way, we'll be handing out those license plates at the end of the broadcast. >> you could partner next to the ballpark. >> the honorary consul. >> ain't nothing better than invioability. >> this is something you can get on demand like watching "homeland." you were shaking your head, though. >> i must admit, i am mesmerized by this. this is a week where we're supposed to be all talking about...
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and remember, at the moment, marching on benghazi, the syrian regime, unfortunately, is not falling apart. there's a whole apparatus there. there's a whole geopolitical context in which yes, you've got iran to deal with when you're dealing with syria, and we have other issues with iran. we don't necessarily want to blunder into a conflict that we don't want while at the same time we're trying to remain focused on the iranian nuclear threat and the iranian terrorist threat throughout the world. there are very complicated considerations here that were not there in the case of libya. >> for the final word, the overmatched dan senor, and dan, wrap it up quickly. >> gene, real quick, when hillary clinton, in addition to the u.n. not supporting us, she cited the fact that our intelligence community doesn't know enough about the opposition which always is an excuse for not doing anything. if we dedicated real assets to understanding who the opposition is and getting behind the right people, we could probably do it. if we use that as an excuse, it will become a vacuum and bad apples will fill it.
and remember, at the moment, marching on benghazi, the syrian regime, unfortunately, is not falling apart. there's a whole apparatus there. there's a whole geopolitical context in which yes, you've got iran to deal with when you're dealing with syria, and we have other issues with iran. we don't necessarily want to blunder into a conflict that we don't want while at the same time we're trying to remain focused on the iranian nuclear threat and the iranian terrorist threat throughout the world....